inodorous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- inodorously adverb
- inodorousness noun
Etymology
Origin of inodorous
From the Latin word inodōrus, dating back to 1660–70. See in- 3, odorous
Example Sentences
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No blight, no vileness, no inodorous breath, but only the dreamlit mist and the laden trees—the Orient of our long ago.
From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow
The land is full of flowers of every hue, gay and beautiful, gorgeous and sublime to look at, but as senseless to the smell and as inodorous as so many dried chips.
From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge
It is also advisable to wash all woodwork and gangways annually with a weak solution of formalin, or other inodorous germicide.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
P. 3-6 cm. convex then plane, mammillate, centre pale yellowish, somewhat silky, rest glabrous, even, dry, whitish; g. broad, emarginate, whitish; s. white, base yellowish, solid, equal; flesh white, insipid and inodorous.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Vaseline, vas′e-lin, n. a yellowish, almost tasteless and inodorous, translucent substance obtained from petroleum, used as a salve, liniment, lubricant, &c.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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